Around Montezuma Excursion to Muscatine Promises Good Time
Montezuma Iowa August 15 local note: Powe shiek County Central Agricultural society holds its thirty second exhibition August 20 21 22 and 23 with large premiums for trotting and pacing and a fast track at Malcom. Frank Barnes reports 9 acres yielded 6114 bushels of oats the largest on record. Local social items include visits, illnesses, and camping attendance.
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Montezuma
Poweshiek County
Malcom
Iowa
Frank Barnes
Here
Threshing Season Yields Reported in Union Valley
Union Valley on August 15 reports threshing finished by Mr. Cheadle with timothy about three bushels per acre oats 35 bushels barley 25 wheat 45 Loring Atkins tops oats at 52 bushels per acre corn uncertain late fall could boost supply pastures responding to showers potatoes and late vegetables scarce Mr and Mrs Dice of West Liberty mentioned as residents.
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Union Valley
Cheadle
Timothy
Loring Atkins
Mrs. Dice
West Liberty
Common Remedy Ad For Doan`s Kidney Pills
An undersigned Muscatine resident Mr. Wm Curtain testifies Doan`s Kidney Pills cured his back pain from kidney trouble after trying many remedies. He bought a box at Havercamp`s drug store and reports relief. Sold by all dealers 50 cents Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan`s.
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Wm. Curtain
East Fifth Street
Dean
Havercamp’s
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
United States
Doan’s
Lettsville Notes Include Visitors and Local Repairs
Lettsville Aug. 15. Peter Reisch hosts Illinois relatives this week. Mrs. Henry Lieberknecht and son visit Muscatine. Miss Olie Henderson attends Wilton camp. Wm. Ellis visits sister Mrs Pace in Sweetland Centeg, ill. Levi Wiedrecht and parents visit Jefferson township. Wm. Estel from Taylor county visits kin. Jas. Epperly and wife from Nebraska visit. Death of long-time resident Mr. Basley noted. James H. Letts builds 50 by 40 barn in Concord township. Benj. Lieberknecht adds building between Grandview and Letteville. Chas. Blankenhorn adds to house in Concord. David Cross and kin head to Neebraska. Charlotte Walker from Fredona visiting. Rk. W. Lee of Cedar Rapids visiting. Funeral of Mrs. Jas. Turkington in Concord township at M E church. Floral offerings ample. large crowd attends. Mrs. Turkington had been ill under two days. W. W. Wagner plans visit to Guthrie and Greene counties. Mrs. Condon's son ill at A. M. Gerrett's. Marie McDaniel convalescent. Jacob Shellabargeer uses Linn Grove schoolhouse as stable.
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Grandview
Letteville
Chas. Blankenhorn
Concord Township
David Cross
Neebraska
Charlotte Walker
Fredona
Rk. W. Lee
Cedar Rapids
Jas. Turkington
M. EB
M E. Church
W. W. Wagner
Guthrie
Greene
Ola Linn Grove
Yankee Hollow Social Roundup Brightens Week
Mr and Mrs John Hoopes and family of High Prairie visit friends here Friday and Saturday. P Doran has been ill. son John from Missouri and daughter Anna Killion called to his bedside. Ella Mohr hosts Burlington cousins. Florence Flinter visits Fran ces Boot from Cedar Valley. Frank Leverich and Wm McClean family guests. BE Kleinmeyer at St Paul recently. Thos Boot visits E P Ingham and family in Muscatine. Dr E P Doran of Davenport visits his father. Lina Keen visits cousin Ida Drake in Goshen township. Harry Romig improves enough to ride. Rural mail delivery now brings mail after 9, quicker than Wilton.
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Yankee Hollow
John Hoopes
High Prairie
P. Doran
John
Missouri
Anna Killion
Ella Mohr
Burlington
Florence Flinter
Cedar Valley
Frances Boot
Frank Leverich
Rock Island
Wm. McClean
S. BE
F. Kleinmeyer
St. Paul
Thos
Boot
E. P. Ingham
Muscatine
E. P. Doran
Davenport
Lina Keen
Ida Drake
Goshen Township
Harry Romig
Wilton
Humorous Exchange From Glasgow Evening Times
A playful dialogue features a man gifting a pet monkey to a woman and a mother reacting to a book becoming damaged. The child Max recalls spilling water on the book after hearing his father describe it as too dry.
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Max
Papa
Glasgow Evening Times
Nearby Towns News Capsule
Local brief items from neighboring communities report on daily happenings. Short notices cover community events, arrivals, and local interest updates compiled by the Special Corps of Correspondents for readers in the neighborhood.
Illinois City Gossip and Family Movements Report
A local Illinois City notes visitations by Mrs. Moore and three Chicago children and Mrs. James Duffield and daughter from Iowa. Several residents attend camp meeting at Kendles grove. Property transfers, new wells, a burdock harvest, and relatives traveling to Muscatine are also reported with multiple families and neighbors named.
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Illinois City
Moore
Chicago
James Duffield
Sweetland Center
Iowa
C. M. Rood
Shepard
Gusty Schnell
E. W. Martin
M. J. Melvin
Kendles’ Grove
John Thomas
Wm. Pepper
James Marrow
Wm. Marrow
Muscatine
Wm. Heseman
Nebraska
Adams Area Social Notes Addams Aug 15
Adams residents share visits and travels with neighbors and relatives including Mrs Barbara Smith and children with Miss Katie Meyers, Rev Mrs Whitehead from Nichols, and families from West Liberty and Chicago. A Muscatine Western trip to Andalusia Illinois is noted and local farm and church activities are described.
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Adams
Barbara Smith
Katie Meyers
D. H. Smith
Dakota
Whitehead
Nichols
Meyers
Adams Spends Thursday Afternoon Sewing
Adams spent last Thursday afternoon sewing, focusing on mending garments and completing small repairs. The activity highlights domestic labor and leisure during the midweek period.
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Adams
Center of Life in India to be topic at West Liberty church
West Liberty July 15 Mrs. J E Newsoms address at the M E church Sunday evening will be centered on Center of Life in India. Excursion plans draw more locals with visits to Cedar Rapids Colfax Indianola and Cleveland G A R trip. Benson Philips the West Liberty youth injured near Solon is reported unlikely to recover.
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West Liberty
J. E. Newsom
M. E. Church
India
B. H. Smith
Cedar Rapids
W. W. Anderson
Helen
Colfax
Indianola
Cleveland
D. Pingrey
Denver
Col
Grant Nichols
Waterloo
Lester Green
New York City
Sol Phillips
Mattie Floyd
Iowa City
W. H. Warren
E. Ady
Benson Philips
Solon
Melpine Notes Social Visits and Camp Meeting
Mrs. L. T. Gray returns from Wilton township after two weeks with her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Hetzler. Mrs. Henry Maehouse of Sunbury visits sister Mrs. D. A. Cole. Mrs. R. S. Vance and daughters call on neighbors. Jessie Cole returns to Hammond Indiana after summer with N. B. Cole. May Brownawell hosts Ottumwa cousin. Vance visits Durant. Mrs. Geo Holling enjoys time with Pine Creek relative. Community attends camp meeting. one youth exhausted a team. Walter Eis of Nebraska visits Abe Eis and wife. J. S. Hetzler and N. B. Cole attend camp meeting.
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N. B. Cole
May Brownawell
Ottumwa
Miss Vance
Durant
Geo. Holling
Pine Creek
Walter Eis
Nebraska
Abe Eis
J. S. Hetzler
Mannon News Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Birth
James Steven son and Hugh Howard transacted business in Keithsburg Thursday. D O Blaisdell attended the Masonic Temple cornerstone laying in Aledo. Mrs John McNalll and Fay Blaisdell visited Muscatine. The Misses Rachel and Schaper attended the Harvest Home Picnic in Millersburg. P H Beardsley and brother Ed of Foster IL came to Marion to work the last of the week. Hollis Pullen and daughter attend camp meeting in Canton Iowa. Mrs Mary Moseley visited a sister in Britt. Born Aug 12 a daughter to Mr and Mrs L E Mannon. Mrs Margaret Brook of Qquawka visited Mannon for extended visit with Ned Mannon.
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Mary Moseley
Britt
Iowa
L. E. Mannon
Margaret Brook
Qquawka
Mannon
Ned Mannon
Cottingham Praises Remedy After Flux Illness
A. J. Cottingham visiting Washington county Arkansas fell severely ill with flux and diarrhea. He used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and was promptly cured. He wrote the manufacturers praising the medicine. Sold by all druggists.
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A. J. Cottingham
Washington County
Ark
Chamberlain
Mr. Cottingham
Lockland
Reduced Rail Rates For Several 1890s Meetings In Iowa
Reduced rates offered by the Cedar Rapids and Northwestern Railway for upcoming events include the Annual state convention Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias Iowa brigade Uniform Bank encampment in Cedar Rapids August 11 15 Triennial Conclave Knights Temporal Louisville August 27 31 National Encampment G A R Cleveland September 10 14 and Pan American exposition Buffalo Round trip rates from all stations Home seekers excursions on first and third Tuesdays monthly Tickets available from agents or Jno G Farmer A G P FT I B CRN Ry Cedar Rapids Iowa
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Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Iowa Brigade
Uniform Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Knights Templar
Louisville
Cleveland
Buffalo
N. Y
Jno
G. Farmer
A. G P
N. Ry
Cedar Rapids, Ia
Iowa Girl Says Goodbye to God Before Missouri Move
A young Iowa girl, facing a family move to Missouri, ended the prior evening with a simple prayer declaring goodbye to God as they prepare to relocate the next day.
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Missouri
Evenig
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Moscow
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Lover's Lane
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Andalusia
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Fruitland
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